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OAuth2 Token using IdentityServer4 with Client Credentials

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Demonstrates how to get an OAuth2 access token using the client credential flow with IdentityServer4.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();

    // The first step is to fetch your IdentityServer4's discovery document
    // (OpenID Connect defines a discovery mechanism, called OpenID Connect Discovery, where an OpenID server publishes its metadata at a well-known URL,
    // typically https://server.com/.well-known/openid-configuration

    const resp = try chilkat.HttpResponse.init();
    defer resp.deinit();
    http.httpNoBody("GET", "https://localhost:5000/.well-known/openid-configuration", resp) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    if (resp.getStatusCode() != 200) {
        std.debug.print("Received response status code {d}\n", .{resp.getStatusCode()});
        std.debug.print("Response body containing error text or JSON:\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try resp.getBodyStr(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    try json.load(try resp.getBodyStr(alloc));

    // We have the discovery document, which contains something like this:

    // You can use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    // {
    //   "issuer": "https://localhost:5000",
    //   "jwks_uri": "https://localhost:5000/.well-known/openid-configuration/jwks",
    //   "authorization_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/authorize",
    //   "token_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/token",
    //   "userinfo_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/userinfo",
    //   "end_session_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/endsession",
    //   "check_session_iframe": "https://localhost:5000/connect/checksession",
    //   "revocation_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/revocation",
    //   "introspection_endpoint": "https://localhost:5000/connect/introspect",
    //   "frontchannel_logout_supported": true,
    //   "frontchannel_logout_session_supported": true,
    //   "backchannel_logout_supported": true,
    //   "backchannel_logout_session_supported": true,
    //   "scopes_supported": [
    //     "openid",
    //     "profile",
    //     "email",
    //     "MyCompany.profile",
    //     "MyCompany.Identity.WebApi",
    //     "MyCompany.TriHub.WebApi",
    //     "offline_access"
    //   ],
    //   "claims_supported": [
    //     "sub",
    //     "updated_at",
    //     "locale",
    //     "zoneinfo",
    //     "birthdate",
    //     "gender",
    //     "website",
    //     "profile",
    //     "preferred_username",
    //     "nickname",
    //     "middle_name",
    //     "given_name",
    //     "family_name",
    //     "name",
    //     "picture",
    //     "email_verified",
    //     "email",
    //     "userId",
    //     "groups",
    //     "fullname"
    //   ],
    //   "grant_types_supported": [
    //     "authorization_code",
    //     "client_credentials",
    //     "refresh_token",
    //     "implicit",
    //     "password"
    //   ],
    //   "response_types_supported": [
    //     "code",
    //     "token",
    //     "id_token",
    //     "id_token token",
    //     "code id_token",
    //     "code token",
    //     "code id_token token"
    //   ],
    //   "response_modes_supported": [
    //     "form_post",
    //     "query",
    //     "fragment"
    //   ],
    //   "token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported": [
    //     "client_secret_basic",
    //     "client_secret_post"
    //   ],
    //   "subject_types_supported": [
    //     "public"
    //   ],
    //   "id_token_signing_alg_values_supported": [
    //     "RS256"
    //   ],
    //   "code_challenge_methods_supported": [
    //     "plain",
    //     "S256"
    //   ]
    // }
    //

    // The next steps are to (1) get the token_endpoint,
    // and (2) verify that the client_credentials grant type is supported.

    const token_endpoint = try json.stringOf(alloc, "token_endpoint");

    const grant_types = try json.arrayOf("grant_types_supported");
    defer grant_types.deinit();
    const client_credentials_idx = grant_types.findString("client_credentials", true);

    // If clientCredentialsIdx is less then zero (-1) then the "client_credentials" string was not found.
    if (client_credentials_idx < 0) {
        std.debug.print("The client credentials grant type is not supported.\n", .{});
        return;
    }

    // Request the access token using our Client ID and Client Secret.
    // We're going to duplicate this CURL statement:

    // curl --request POST \
    //   --url '<tokenEndpoint>' \
    //   --header 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
    //   --data 'grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=CLIENT_ID&client_secret=CLIENT_SECRET'

    const req = try chilkat.HttpRequest.init();
    defer req.deinit();
    req.setHttpVerb("POST");
    req.setContentType("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

    req.addParam("grant_type", "client_credentials");
    req.addParam("client_id", "CLIENT_ID");
    req.addParam("client_secret", "CLIENT_SECRET");
    req.setHttpVerb("POST");

    http.httpReq(token_endpoint, req, resp) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Make sure we got a 200 response status code, otherwise it's an error.
    if (resp.getStatusCode() != 200) {
        std.debug.print("POST to token endpoint failed.\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("Received response status code {d}\n", .{resp.getStatusCode()});
        std.debug.print("Response body containing error text or JSON:\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try resp.getBodyStr(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    try json.load(try resp.getBodyStr(alloc));

    // Our JSON response should contain this:
    // {
    //   "access_token":"eyJz93a...k4laUWw",
    //   "token_type":"Bearer",
    //   "expires_in":86400
    // }

    // Get the access token:
    _ = try json.stringOf(alloc, "access_token");

    // The access token is what gets added to "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
    // for the subsequent REST API calls..
}